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Out and About in RI: Senior Agenda Coalition conference annual big turnout
It’s not just social events that we celebrate with our “Out and About in RI” feature. Here, the 16th Annual SACRI Conference and Expo – with the theme “A Bridge to a Secure Future” – which was held yesterday brings together Rhode Islanders and leadership with a joint spirit of positive aging. Thank you to…
Read MoreOut and about in RI: Pawtucket Arts Festival’s Slater Park tradition of fun for all ages. Photos.
The Pawtucket Arts Festival and Slater Park Fall Festival was as success as the beautiful weather this past weekend! Here, courtesy RINewsToday writer, Herb Weiss, are some photos of the events this past weekend from the Slater Park event – complete with vendors, activities, a car show, entertainment, the Philharmonic Pops concert – and topped…
Read MoreRI Veterans: Did you know? 06.06.24 (80th DDay, American flag, events…) – John A. Cianci
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Read MoreRon St. Pierre, iconic Rhode Island broadcaster, writer for RINewsToday, has died
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Read MoreGovernor McKee Executive Order declares Nursing Home Emergency in Rhode Island
Time stamped at 3:31pm on Friday, December 29th, not to be followed with a press release to the local media, yet covered in the Providence Journal on New Year’s Day, Governor McKee signed into law his 11th Executive Order of 2023. A Declaration of Nursing Home Emergency. The order acknowledges the crisis situation, almost back…
Read MoreVibrant, outdoor socializing space, and a mural, coming in 2024 at Pawtucket’s Senior Center
The Pawtucket Division of Senior Services/Leon Mathieu Senior Center has announced its receipt of a grant from the Harriet Ballou Foundation that will support the Leon Mathieu Senior Center’s (LMSC) Mural and Socialization project to create a vibrant public event space including a mural, for socializing in an underutilized parcel of land adjacent to the…
Read MoreGet your holidays on! 11th annual RI Author Expo – meet local authors, get writing tips, buy books
The 11th Annual Rhode Island Author Expo will be an held at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom in Warwick, Rhode Island from 10am-4pm. This exciting event celebrates the vibrant literary community in Rhode Island. The event is free, with ample parking. Bring your shopping bag! Discover and connect with 100+ local authors, immerse yourself in their…
Read MorePawtucket’s Youth to Senior Snow Shoveling program – sign up NOW
Mayor Donald R. Grebien and the Pawtucket City Council announced that Pawtucket’s Youth to Senior Snow Shoveling Program is now accepting requests from Pawtucket seniors who are aged 65 and over who wish to be placed on a list to be matched with a snow shoveling volunteer for this upcoming winter. Through this program, student…
Read MorePassages – Life and Times of Morris Nathanson
By Herb Weiss and Phyllis Van Orden Nathanson Painter, Illustrator and Restaurant/Hospitality Designer Morris Nathanson’s artist studio is just a stone’s throw away from his childhood home on Japonica Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Growing up poor during the depression in his Pleasant View neighborhood, settled by Armenian and Syrian immigrants who worked in the…
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